I always keep an eye on Honest John's website.

He gives a regular report on auction prices, anyway 1st time I've seen an s2k go through:

Auction clicky

03 reg 45k at

 

So am I

 

I have an account with BCA

will have a look and see what they have scheduled

 

That car did surprisingly well and the owner must / should be chuffed.

However I think putting an S2000 into auction would be a serious crap-shoot!

 

we have to rely on that Honest John figure, which does seem on the high side to me

I should be able to check it

otoh an S2000 is a rare sight at auction, which might promote interest and competition

 

When i was looking for a Volvo S60 D5 earlier in the year , i decided to go to Blackbushe and pick up a bargain.

No way , cars were going for higher money than Autotrader , anything that seems to be in demand appears to fetch very good money

 

Can you put a reserve on though?

 

yes

I have to say that auctions are really for the trade

I'd say (based on experience) that a minimum of one in ten cars is sold there to conceal a very serious problem

the trade can accept this percentage, because the other nine cars are sold at sufficient profit to outweigh the one hit

but an occasional private punter will eventually come unstuck and may have to accept the hit without any prospect of offsetting it